Overview
Xianzong was an emperor and Ruler.
Other names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posthumous name | Emperor Huansu | 桓肅皇帝 | Huánsù huángdì |
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1259 秋七月癸亥At Diaoyu Mountain 釣魚山Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passages 230-231
Age
- AD 1259 壽五十有二Years 52 · Reckoning SuiDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 231
Attested activity
- AD 1259 是月Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 3, passages 226, 229
- AD 1259 丁丑Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 3, passages 217-218
- AD 1259 二月丙子Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 3, passage 217
- AD 1251 to AD 1259 在位九年Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 231
- AD 1259 癸亥Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 3, passages 230-231
- AD 1259 秋七月辛亥Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 3, passage 230
Family
- consorts 后妃Kinship Role consorts · Quantity unspecifiedDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 233
Career and standing
- Fell illAD 1259 是月 · IllnessDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 229
Places and affiliations
- Yuan 元Relation RuledDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passages 217, 231-232
Learning and skills
- Belief shamanism and divination 巫覡卜筮之術 · Relation Adherent ofDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 239
- Skill hunting 畋獵 · Level avidDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 238
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Addressee ministers 群臣Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passages 236-237
Events and relationships
- Besieged gates and fortsAD 1259 to AD 1259 辛巳至五月 · Military · Commander · At Diaoyu / Hezhou defenses 一字城、鎮西門等Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 3, passages 219-221, 223-225
- Led troops acrossAD 1259 二月丙子 · Military · Commander · At Chicken-claw Beach to Stone Mountain 雞爪灘至石子山Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 217
- Left garrison and attackedAD 1259 秋七月辛亥 · Military · Commander · At Chongqing 重慶 · Details Garrison Left: 3000Directly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 230
- Personally drafted and revised edictsPolitical · Ruler · Details Revisions: several times / three or four timesDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 235
- Supervised battle beneath wallsAD 1259 丁丑 · Military · CommanderDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 218
- Relation Commander of · Person Wang Tiange (汪田哥)Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 3, passages 217, 226
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment deeply trusted shamans and oracles; consulted them before undertakings almost daily without tiring · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 239
- Assessment governed ministers with stern discipline · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 236
- Assessment loved hunting and claimed to follow ancestral custom rather than foreign ways · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 238
- Assessment resolute, bright, fierce, steadfast; deep in judgment and sparing of speech · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 233
- Assessment took no pleasure in feasting or extravagance; forbade consorts to exceed proper measure · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 233
Source notes
- reigned nine years 在位九年AD 1251 to AD 1259 在位九年 · Field reign-length · Statement reigned nine yearsDirectly stated · History of Yuan 3, passage 231
References in the histories
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